Sorry, got very bored over the weekend when I should have been revising for year 10 exam which are this week (oops! What can I say? I'm allergic, I touch a book and get a rash!) well there are some lovely bombs in store and I know what happens (actually I'd be slightly worried if I didn't!). And for once in my life I have planned it out with a plot and everything, yay for me (ignore me am a. very. Sad. child!) which, is good for me! Merci pour le review (theres my lil bit of French revision!) yes it is slightly interesting…oh and the golden trio? Some slight in the first few chapters and the rest…find out! Hoffentlich magst du mein Kapitel. (ha in your face frau smith!) Maybe I should lay off the sugar…
Chapter 5: LetterAnna awoke the next morning from a deep, pleasant and dreamless slumber to find herself in a large four poster bed in a windowless large rectangular room with five similar, almost identical four poster beds with their inhabitants still contentedly sound asleep. The torches in the brackets had long burn out and for a moment she found herself in unfamiliar surroundings wondering how she had got 'here' and where 'here' was, however this fear passed as she woke up fully and remembered in a happy haze the events of the evening and night before.
She had been sorted into Slytherin and rightfully so she thought sanctimoniously; she was single minded and opinionated once she believed that something was right then everyone else was wrong. After that they had a feast fit for a king laughing and joking all the while; admittedly at people rather then with people she quickly brushed this thought aside. She had landed on her feet as it were, her new acquaintances (minus the bodyguards: Crabbe and Goyle) were among the most popular people in the house especially Malfoy who seemed to rule the house and (according to Anna) even had his own unofficial fan club (headed by Pansy), Anna resolved never to stoop that low and join this fan club.
Anna had selfishly decided not to impose herself on them but make her mark when she was popular. Although she had been far from left out; Malfoy had humiliated her by telling the rest of the slytherins about finding her in the train compartment and doing an exaggerated but surprisingly accurate impression of her introductory speech to which she thought she had replied wittily "I would insult you for that, but you are not bright enough to notice." Receiving a laugh and a very hostile look from Malfoy. The only shadow cast over her joy was when she had been looking over at the Gryffindor table (Pansy had told her what table it was, with a malicious glint to her eyes when Anna had asked) she had caught her cousin looking over at her with a look of revulsion on his face.
She was roused from her memories when Pansy stirred and looked over at her sleepily asking,
"Are you just going to sit there all day looking gormless or are you going get up?" laughing at her she got up and made her way to the bathroom.
Anna called after her, "Pansy I know it takes you a very long time to look at least human in the mornings, but please hurry up I need to use the bathroom as well. Sometime today would be ideal."
After extensively pampering herself until she was satisfied that she was ready; like the true and slightly vain perfectionist she was, she along with the other Slytherin girls lead by Pansy went into the great hall for breakfast. Shrieking and laughing as they did so, Anna sat down next to Pansy and set about getting something to eat, a large threatening girl called Millicent Bullstrode came up to them,
"Here are the new 6th year timetables with the Newt classes on." She grunted and went back to her place. Pansy looked down at it vacantly, then up at Malfoy anxiously, who ignored her and looked down at his own timetable saying loudly "Oh goody I really can't wait to see what that big oafs got in store for us this year, my father was really proud of me when he saw how many OWLs I had, the only decent teacher there is on here is Professor Snape."
"How did you do in your OWLs? How many do you have?" Pansy asked and Malfoy stopped examining his own timetable to look up at them, Anna was quite bewildered by now, she stared at Pansy blankly and said,
"I've got eight OWLs, wh-"
"In what?" Malfoy cut in crudely,
"Astrology, Care for magical creatures, Transfiguration, Charms, Arithmancy, history of magic, potions and ancient runes," She said counting them off on her fingers smugly, receiving glowers from them all,
"All outstanding. Who are Professor Snape and the big oaf?" Anna said rather perplexed.
"Don't you know?" Malfoy sneered, "Professor Snape is the potions master and head of Slytherin house, the big oaf or half breed is the teacher of magical creatures." he said distastefully.
He was beginning to irritate her but she kept her short temper at bay and began to inspect her own timetable and eat her cereal instead. She was concentrating so much on working out what she had that day she didn't hear the sudden whoosh of many wing as owls came to deliver post, she didn't even notice when an owl swooped down to deliver her post and landed in her pumpkin juice splattering her lightly. Pansy had to poke her rather sharply and say, "You have post!" She looked up slightly horrified to find herself covered with small orange droplets and puzzled as to who would write to her, she had left too quickly and hurriedly to inform her friends of changing schools and had been too busy to write to anyone lately. She removed her post from the owls leg who flew away relieved to have finally delivered the letter, Pansy looked over her shoulder nosily as she opened it asking "whose it from?" Anna rolled her eyes and turned to her new friend saying, "I won't know until I've read it!"
"Well read it then!"
Dear Daughter,
You will find that Hogwarts differs greatly from Durmstrang in many respects; be wary, keep your tongue civil when speaking to anyone. I am sorry that I had to leave so abruptly, but I had pressing engagements that had to be attended to. I have been informed that you were sorted into Slytherin, be careful, I will try request a transfer. Think before you open your big mouth. Keep your head down and don't draw attention to yourself. Socialise with safe people.
From your Mother
P.s. heed my advice.
Anna frowned she was unimpressed and also very puzzled she couldn't understand what her mother meant, she shrugged her mother was often like that where she was concerned; ordering her but not going into detail, she was occasionally extremely secretive. Anna got the impression that if she asked her life would not be worth living, she often wondered what it would be like if her father was still alive and whether her mother sometimes just stopped being open because she was wound with still raw grief.
Pansy finished reading the letter looking equally puzzled but said nothing of it.
"Are you going to reply to her?" Pansy asked.
"Um, probably…listen what have we got next?"
"Whose it from?" Malfoy butted in.
"Her mother, we've got potions next, I wonder if Potty, Weasel and the mudblood are going to be in potions?" Pansy supplied, pondering.
The bell rang,
"Looks like we are about to find out." said Theodore Nott with a note of malevolence.
